Is a police officer entitled to qualified immunity in an action for malicious prosecution?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from O'Neill v. Town of Babylon, 986 F.2d 646 (2nd Cir. 1993):
A police officer is entitled to qualified immunity if at the time of the challenged arrest it was objectively reasonable for him to believe his actions were lawful. Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 641 (1987). Where, as here, in a 1983 action for damages based on malicious prosecution, an arresting officer is entitled to qualified immunity if "(a) it was objectively reasonable for the officer to believe that
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